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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG. OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1947
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Lobby Registering
Act Far Short of
Halting Abuses ,
By PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
' WASHINGTON. D. G Total
inadequacy- of thi present Lobby.
nig nEisuaiiQti .Act. -wnicn was
passed as part .of .last- year's ;con-
Kieasiurvii. siicamiininii law.' is
shown by a check-up on legistered
lobbyists - ih .the -xeKl. estate.and
building business. " '- ,.r
When President Truman signed
the new housing and rent control
act, he sent Congress message
in which he blasted at the real
estate lobby lor its brazen opera,
tions to block programs so essen-
tial to the needs of our citizens."
Even Senator Taft backed him up
on that one, though Senator
tsncKer called it "the cheapest
kind of political demagoguery."
The President called on Con
gress to investigate this "intoler
able lobby." Sen. John Sparkman
of Alabama topped that by de
manding that Congress Investi
gate all lobbyists. It is doubtful
if Congress will investigate one
or all. But the lobbyists' regis
trations filed with Congress show
the need for such a probe.
Of the 20 real estate and build
ing Industry lobbyists whose state
ments are on file, only one is from
wnat mignt be called a big shot.
He is Morto Bodfish of Chicago.
admittedly one of the most active
and Influential workers seeking
to amend the veterans' housing
program controls and bring an
ena to rent control.
Examples Are Cited .
Yet Bodfish's registration for
the first quarter of 1947 does not
reveal what his salary is or who
paid it. And he says his expenses
were only $335.98, for travel, hotel
and maintenance in Washington.
Herbert U. Nelson, executive
vice president of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards,
and Arthur W. Binns, head of the
National Home and Property
Owners' Foundation, did not reg
ister at all, though they have been
as active as Bodfish.
N.A.R.E.B. sent five men to
the Hill to bear the stigma of
"lobbyist. Calvin K. Snyder at
$10,000 a year. Albert A. Payne at
$6000. Earl P. Brown at $2600
nan-time plus Ssb.02 expenses,
Charles T. Stewart at $1500 half
time plus $7.90 expenses, and Ed
win L. Stoll at $849.88 half-time
plus $85.45 expenses.
N.H.P.O.F. registered two lob
byists. James Edward Mack, $5000
salary and no expenses, and John
Lloyd Richardson, no salary given
but $12.80 expenses for parking
lot fees and taxis.
Douglas .Whitlock, formerly
spokesman for the Building Prod
ucts Institute, reported a $1500
fee and $519.24 expense. Joseph
T. King reported $1800 salary and
$242.27 expenses in, looking after
the interests of unnamed build
ing supply dealers and sending
tnem a National Allans Report.
Samuel E. Neal, registered for the
accept ms lomy
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Mortgage Bankers' Association,
drew an $850-a-month salary and
no expenses in issuing a news
letter.
It is obvious from listings such
as these that Congress has on
file ; only the. mesenger -boys of
the real estate gobbles. -; i.
Personal-Touch Noted
Truth of. the matter '.is, Jot
course,-that the real lobbying job
against housing and rent controls
was dope by -local citizens from
the congressmen's home towns.
They know-, their congressmen
personally.' and v the lawmakers
have to' listen when these people
from home' express their 'wishes.
Only two of them registered as
lobbyists, however.
T. V. Neal of San Antonio took
up a collection from property
owners in that city, Corpus
Christ!, Dallas, Houston, Carth
age. Tyler and Ma-Poa and came
to Washington to oppose continua
tion of rent control. He worked
free, but expenses were $1405.
Harry Hansen of Des Moines
collected $428.80 from the Home
Owners' Protective League and
various lesser sums from in
dividuals, down to one dollar. The
total was $685.50. He came to
Washington to lobby against rent
controls. But his expenses were
$787. So he lost money on the
deal.
Summing it all up, what Con
gress doesn't know about the real
estate lobby that Truman cussed
out would fill many books.
Forest Industries Assn.
Meets Here Tonight
Meeting of the Western Forest
Industries Association is sched
uled in the Circuit Court room at
the courthouse at 8 o'clock to
night. Discussion will center
around the establishment of pro
posed sustained yield master
units. The association is com
posed of independent sawmill
men and loggers.
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Walter Troy, 40-year-old city fire
man, .hailed for Jils: heroic, resent
of a '.three-year-old' boy from the
clutches. of a bearcat BrOokfleld
zoo, was looking' fbfc his1 pre-war,
camera today.' Vf . " -i
Troy handed, his $7.'catnera to
a stranger as he leaped a four
foot fence to rush to the rescue
of Terry Lee Falk, who was seiz
ed by a 250-pound bear Wednes
day after he went to the bars of
Its cage to feed it some popcorn.
The bear held the boy against
the bars with his left paw and
took the neck of his blouse in
.his teeth.
The fireman, who weighs 170
pounds and is five feet, eight in
ches tall, landed repeated blows
to the bear's snout and the ani
mal released his grip on Terry.
Troy carried him to safety amid
cheers from the crowd which had
witnessed the rescue. Ten stitches
were taken In the boy's left leg
and right arm to close .wounds
inflicted by the bear's claws.
Troy, who was at the zoo with
his wife and two young daugh
ters, couldn't find the stranger to
whom he had handed his camera.
Terry's father, Ernest of nearby
Joliet, said he would buy him the
"best" camera he could find.
Elks, Families Date
Picnic at Umpqua Park
This year's "Family Day" pic
nic for members of. Roseburg's
lodge of lks, to be held at Ump-
quafark, Sunday, August 10, will
be complete in every detail, ac
cording to . Jerry Gilbo, ; picnic
chairman. ,
Arrangements are being made
for the, clay's program- to include
ibaby sittei'S for parents, a. circun
clown iarid riding ponies .for .'.en
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Hpole contests and races,-and a
Ljihcli. menu ' for.: the affair in-'
eludes Virginia baked ham, roast
beef, hot dogs, salads, desserts I Maine grew about 17 per cent
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SP WILL FULLY COOPERATE
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S
IMERGENCY BOARD
2f But Brotherhood Declares It Will Strike
July 21, Regardless of the President's Action,
Thus Again Flouting Highest U. S. Authority
For Settling Railway Disputes!
ANNOUNCED .INTENTION of the engi
neers' Brotherhood to go ahead with a strike
against Southern Pacific Monday, in spite of
$hc appointmcrit of an Emergency Board by
Resident Truman to investigate the dispute,
shows unmistakably where the responsibility
lies. for jhis threat against the public welfare.
By heir hjgh-handed, uncompromising
procedure, officers of the Brotherhood have
rnajntaincd a "give in or qlse" attitude from
the beginning of this controversy.
They defied he Railway Labor Act by re
fusing to accept the recommendations of a
previous Emergency Board and they are still
defying the law set up for the orderly settle
ment of railroad disputes.
Jt.isn't a simple coincidence that this threat
of a strike comes at a time when any inter
ruption of Southern Pacific's services would
mean the greatest loss to western agriculture
and business. The engineers are well aware
of the fact that great quantities of perishable
food will rot jn the fields and orchards jf.it
can not be moved to market now. Yet they
have wilfully declared their intention to dis
regard the appointment of an Emergency
Board.
If they carry out their ruthless threat to
Walk off the job the blame will be theirs and
theirs alone. Southern Pacific will abide by
the action of the President of the United
States and will cooperate wholeheartedly in
every way with the Emergency Board created
by him.
This railroad, if it had unlimited means.could
"buy" peace in any controversy, but it can't
afford such reckless procedure and it wouldn't
choose such cowardly action in any event.
Under the law, Southern Pacific, and every
other railroad, is bound to perform its services
in a safe and efficient manner, in the interest
of the shipping and traveling public. We
intend to meet our obUgqtiqn. Ve won't sur
render .to any .high pressure group, and .it
would be against the public welfare for us
to do so.
, T!,e Prcscnt "make-work" and "featherbed"
demands qfhe engineers' rqtherjioqd would
increasc.opcrating costs by millions pf dallies
and interfete seriously with prompt handling
of traffic. The public would feql both effects.
It would have to pay niore for Jess efficient
service. Southern Pacific ,can not ,be a party
to any such deal.
We have been wiping and ready , to meet
with the engineers' Brotherhood at all times
and jo make every reasonable attempt toreacK
a just settlement of this dispute. We are stiU
ready to do so. It's vp to the Brotherhood
officials to do their part.or take the full blame
for their threatened blow against the public
served by this railroad.
To review: The Brotherhood called a strike
to force compliance with 20 demands that the
highest tribunal under U.S. laws passed upon
in 1945. Southern Pacific accepted this tri
bunal's recommendau'ons in their entirety al
though we did not agree by any means wih!
all of them.
The Brotherhood rejected the report and
placed the same 20 issues on a strike ballot,
the strike ca(l resulting. The Brotherhood
announces that it will go ahead with the strike
despite the appointment of a new Emergency
Board by President Truman. Thus, while
Southern Pacific has cooperated in every re-
spect, the Brotherhood dcfied the law by their
strike call and again flouts the law by going
ahead with their strike plans despite action
by President Truman.
A. T. MERC1ER, President
Southern Pacific Cpiiipqriy